| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money for goods, services |
Synonyms: |
adjust, bear the cost, bear the expense, bequeath, bestow, chip in, clear, come through, compensate, confer, cough up, defray, dig up, disburse, discharge, extend, foot the bill, foot*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in, liquidate, make payment, meet, offer, plunk down, prepay, present, proffer, put up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, take care of |
Antonyms: |
earn |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be advantageous |
Synonyms: |
be worthwhile, benefit, repay, serve |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends |
Synonyms: |
answer, atone, be punished, compensate, get just desserts, suffer, suffer consequences |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | profit, yield |
Synonyms: |
be profitable, be remunerative, bring in, kick back, make a return, make money, pay dividends, pay off, pay out, produce, provide a living, return, show gain, show profit, sweeten, yield profit |
Antonyms: |
lose |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get revenge |
Synonyms: |
avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back, pay one's dues, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score, square, square things |
| Main Entry: | paid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rewarded |
Synonyms: |
compensated, indemnified, recompensed, refunded, reimbursed, remunerated, repaid, salaried |
| Main Entry: | paid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having received pay |
Synonyms: |
anted, compensated |
Antonyms: |
unpaid |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money beforehand |
Synonyms: |
furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
Synonyms: |
absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
Synonyms: |
advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, be good for, better, build, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, favor, fill the bill, further, improve, make a killing, make it, pay, pay off, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, work for |
Antonyms: |
handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |